Blind Abilities Podcast

In this ongoing  series from Blind Abilities, we have heard from blind  citizens Around the world about how they have experienced and adapted to COVID-19. from Australia and Malaysia, to the united kingdom, and more. our guest on Episode 21 is Gerardo Corripio who comes to us from Mexico. Gerardo, Gera, immediately points out how important it is to first understand an overview of the political and geographic make up of his country. Mexico is comprised of 32 states, 10 of which are controlled by one of Mexico’s political parties, PAN which stands for Partido de  Acción Nacional, or the National Action party, and the others which are controlled by the Morena party, of which Mexico’s President Obrador is the party leader. Gera lives in the city of Tampico, located, in the state of Tamaulipas, which falls under the PAN party.  In general, the PAN takes a more serious approach to dealing with the Corona virus than the Morena party. As we will hear, this lack of a coordinated approach towards fighting the virus  ca